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Dealers

Stellar Industries adds Curry Supply to dealer network

Stellar Industries has named Curry Supply as its dealer in Arizona and New Mexico. Curry Supply offers the full line of Stellar TMAX service bodies, and heavy -and light-duty telescopic service cranes. The dealer now has locations in Pennsylvania, Texas and Arizona. In addition to mechanic service bodies and crane products, Curry will also carry […]

March 19, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: Cat unveils new D7 dozer; Case unveils first electric backhoe; Kubota intros first mini skid steer; Electric Volvo VNL test drive; Cat Kinetic Ice+ Boot Review

VIDEO: Reviewing Cat’s Kinetic Ice+ Boots’ Vibram Ice Traction, Insulation from the Arctic Circle Recently, Tom Jackson had a chance to test out some cold weather boots and gloves in Alaska—north of the Arctic Circle in fact—in temps as low as -30 degrees. The boots are a new product offering from Cat Footwear called the […]

March 16, 2020

Dealers

LBX names CRW southeastern Pennsylvania Link-Belt dealer

LBX has added CRW Corporation to its dealer network serving southeastern Pennsylvania. CRW will sell, service and rent Link-Belt excavators in the Pennsylvania counties of Adams, Centre, Columbia, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Fulton, Huntingdon, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Mifflin, Montour, Northumberland, Perry, Schuylkill, Snyder, Union and York. Established in 1961 in South Burlington, Vermont, CRW now has […]

March 13, 2020

Dealers

Ritchie Bros. creates Appraisal Services division, offers USPAP-compliant equipment appraisals

Auction giant Ritchie Bros. has formalized its appraisal services, and launched a new division, Ritchie Bros. Appraisal Services. “We have been providing appraisal services for a while now, but we’re adding USPAP [Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice]-compliant appraisals to our menu and formally bundling all of these under a new Ritchie Bros. Appraisal Services […]

March 12, 2020

Dealers

H&E Equipment Services opens new Birmingham facility

H&E Equipment Services has opened a new branch in the Birmingham, Alabama, area. Located in Bessemer, Alabama, the 26,500-square-foot facility sits on 5.5 acres and features a fenced-in area, offices, parts warehouse and a repair shop with 10 service bays. The facility adjoins an existing H & E crane facility and is the company’s fifth […]

March 12, 2020

Construction Equipment

JCB celebrating “biggest year ever” in North America, discusses ConExpo absence

JCB is not worried about forgoing ConExpo this year. “We’re definitely in a positive place,” Richard Fox-Marrs, president and CEO, JCB North America, told Equipment World in an interview at the recent American Rental Association Show. “Last year was our biggest year ever in North America. We eclipsed 10,000 units in this market for the […]

March 11, 2020

Construction Equipment

Takeuchi promotes Lawson and Vranches to leadership positions

Takeuchi has named Henry Lawson director of sales and John Vranches divisional sales manager. As director of sales, Lawson will lead North American dealer sales development and national account business and activity and is accountable for achieving company market share objectives. His responsibilities include dealer sales in addition to managing the national rental accounts for […]

March 11, 2020

Business

Contractors’ optimism about 2020 drops but still strong, Wells Fargo reports

Though contractor optimism is down, 2020 should still be a strong year for nonresidential construction activity. Learn more here on Equipment World.

March 10, 2020

Dealers

Cat dealers Whayne Supply, Walker Machinery change name to Boyd Cat

Cat dealers Whayne Supply and Walker Machinery, which merged in 2010 but retained separate identities, are moving forward as one brand, Boyd Cat. The company will continue to be lead by Monty Boyd, president and CEO. The name change is immediate across both internal and external channels, says the company. The full rollout of business processes […]

March 10, 2020

Dealers

Equipment Roundup: SkyMul is a rebar-tying drone; 10 Things to See at ConExpo 2020; Manitowoc intros MLC150-1 crawler crane; New Holland intros 11 skid steers, CTLs; Trimble intros aftermarket GPS for excavators

Trimble intros aftermarket GPS for excavators GPS/GNSS grade control is commonly thought of as a way to automate machine control in the horizontal plane with dozers and motor graders. But excavators can benefit from machine control as well. Up until now those systems have been proprietary to the OEMs offering them. But Trimble Earthworks Grade […]

March 9, 2020

Construction Equipment

Deere 1Q sales decrease 4%, construction and forestry sales decrease 10%

Deere & Company says net sales and revenues decreased 4 percent in its first quarter (ending Feb. 2) compared with the same period the year before. One culprit for the decrease: slowing activity in the company’s Construction & Forestry division. Net sales for the Construction & Forestry division decreased by 10 percent, with the 1Q […]

March 3, 2020

Dealers

Herc Holdings sells Hertz China to LiuGong in move to concentrate on North American market

Herc Holdings has sold all of its interest in Hertz Equipment Rental (also known as Hertz China) to Guangxi LiuGong Machinery, a move it says will help it focus on the North American market. Pending approval of government authorities in China, the deal is expected to close in 60 days. “The sale of our business […]

March 2, 2020